Oh sweet, sweet Jude! My third NJ mini session. What personality! And what a smile! This is the second time I’ve have the pleasure of shooting sweet Jude and it was just as much fun as the first time. He has such life in him, and is such a sweet little man!

As soon as he saw me this day I heard him say “Is that the photographer?” and then he ran over to give me a big hug. Tell me, how do you not melt into a huge puddle at that moment? He remembered me from our twinkle light mini sessions last December. <3 <3 What a heartbreaker. Just was in his element at this outdoor park which was where we met for our mini session-it was all I could do to keep up with him. I love that though, because I was able to capture Jude as the active and adorable little man that he is. I even got mom and dad in on some portraits, which is something I always, always, ALWAYS insist on with parents. 🙂 What a gorgeous family! Jude gave me so much variety at our session -mostly because he didn't stop moving once the whole time. And I don't think he stopped smiling the whole time either. 🙂

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Meet sweet and gorgeous little Reece. I’ve been photographing Reece for about 2 years now (in fact, he has a special place in my heart because he was one of my very first clients when he was a baby). It’s super special to me because I’ve gotten to watch him grow through my sessions with him. This was my 2nd NJ mini session and it was celebrating his 2 year birthday. We had a slow start because he had just woken up from a nap, but that was nothing a few bubbles (and a little dog watching!) couldn’t solve. Mini sessions are such a great way to update your family pictures! It was fun to see Reece and his family again and document his birthday.

This family was the first of my NJ mini sessions a few months ago (yes, I am painfully behind on my blog). Tina and I worked together once upon a time, and were pregnant with our first two kids at the same time (when she got pregnant with her daughter, I may or may not have plugged my ears and pretended not to know -though I did have fun snuggling her when I took her newborn pictures). It was great to meet up again.

It was super fun to see the whole gang together. This session was a mix of First Communion, Baptism, and family. Which was perfect. What a beautiful family too. The boys are definitely boys and made me laugh the whole time. They just wanted out of their suits and to be able to run around. They were great sports about everything.

Boys being boys. 🙂

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I love maternity photography. At all stages, pregnancy is such a fun and beautiful stage to photograph and document.

Sometimes you wait so long for that bump that you just want to document all the stages. Sometimes it’s not even your own bump, but belongs to your best friend. Either way, it’s special. This is just a peek at the little belly. It’s still early so there will be more to come.

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Announcing Spring Mini sessions for Northern NJ! Spring is such a great time for pictures and mini sessions are a great way to get updated family pictures at a great price! Location still being hashed out, but will probably be in the Morris County area. Contact me to reserve your spot today!

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The first of my First Communion mini’s started off with this beautiful family. When I first decided to offer Communion mini sessions I left it up to each family to decide if they wanted to bring a change of clothes for after the Communion portraits. That way we could take some super quick family pictures at the same session. I think it’s so important to get updated family pictures so I try to offer it (and nudge families towards it) as much as possible. 😉 I was very happy when they tok me up on my offer and showed up all dressed nicely for some updated pictures.

I adore this shot. What a beautiful family.

Then it was time to change Joey to get his real portraits done. What a little stud. He knew exactly what to do and made this whole session very easy.

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What a great outdoor family session! Meet the Gas family. Which also happens to be my best friend and godson’s family. This session came about after I noticed the old pictures they had hanging in their house. Not only have I as a photographer come a long way since those images, but the kids have grown so much since then! Plus they’ve even had a new addition to add to it! So I insisted on a updated session. We decided on a date and time and that was that. Of course, if you asked mom and dad how easy it was to get four children four years old and under ready to go out in that morning they might not agree with my declaration about how easy this was, but we made it happen. And I am so happy we did, because I really love how this session turned out. It was a little cold, so I tried to go as fast as possible. All the kids were troopers and I rewarded them with some m&m’s when we were done. 😉

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It’s crazy that just one year ago my Godson was born (how blessed am I to have 3 God children? Seriously?). First we had his First Birthday party, and then a few days later I photographed his Cake Smash. Since dad is a huge Giants fan we went with a football themed cake smash, and it was super adorable. I mean, naturally Stephen was the reason it was EXTRA adorable, but the football theme was definitely cute too. 🙂 Stephen took his job as cake smasher very seriously. And eating the cake Aunt Teresa made him was just as important as making a mess. In fact, he was SUCH a mess afterwords we carried him right up to the bathtub for a little bath. 🙂

We started our session with a couple pictures of -and with- big sister.

And, of course, no cake smash would be complete without a Storyboard!

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I love getting calls for lifestyle sessions. They usually are so relaxed and natural for the family, especially the child or children. This little doll took about 5mins to warm up to me, but then her little personality just bloomed. She was a sweetheart and so beautiful to photograph. Plus, being in her own space meant she had all her toys and comfort items right at her fingertips. I absolutely loved this session. The lighting was perfect and the family was as sweet and beautiful as can be.

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Meet sweet little Musa. He was 8 days old when I met him for his newborn session. He was such a sweet little guy and was very tolerant of meeting me and having his picture taken. In fact, he was probably the most alert 8 day old I have ever met! He was awake for half our session, but not only was he awake, but he was focusing his big beautiful eyes on me and the camera! We all know with newborns they can only see what’s right in front of them clearly, so the fact that I was standing far above him and snapping away while he focused on me was pretty cool.

I also loved incorporating some lifestyle images in (and of) his nursery. And what a cool nursery it was! Dad painted those blue zig-zag stripes himself.

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